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Headline

Posted on August 17, 2011 by David M Willis

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Tags: dorothy, joe

Discussion (71) - “Headline”

  1. Jen Aside

    08/17/2011, 12:01 am
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    Stick to “with my penis,” Joe.

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      08/17/2011, 12:08 am
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      Of cause he will stick with his penis, using any other body part wouldn’t be half as fun.

      1. Sat

        08/17/2011, 12:20 am
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        With his fist.

        1. Plasma Mongoose

          08/17/2011, 12:22 am

          I stand corrected!

        2. XMD

          08/17/2011, 1:33 am

          … with your penis.

        3. Plasma Mongoose

          08/17/2011, 1:59 am

          You mean with his penis right? Cos I never loan mine out. 😛

  2. meanderling

    08/17/2011, 12:01 am
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    Sweet! I have no life!

    Oh, Joe. I love your faces.

  3. buttsbutts mcgee

    08/17/2011, 12:02 am
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    Stay classy, Joe.

    1. Undrave

      08/17/2011, 1:45 am
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      JOE JOE JOE JOE!

    2. David Herbert

      08/17/2011, 2:23 am
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      It’ll be hard. He has a full weekend ahead of him.

      1. Jackson

        08/17/2011, 6:58 am
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        ♫ Double double your entendre ♫

        1. das-g

          08/17/2011, 4:13 pm

          … yeah, yeaaaah, ♫ it’s so intense!

  4. Plasma Mongoose

    08/17/2011, 12:02 am
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    Oddly enough I am uncertain of what Joe is implying this time… I must be getting old.

    1. Aizat

      08/17/2011, 12:05 am
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      I do and I’m a 19 year old that prefers the old stuff and sometimes act like a bitter old man.

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        08/17/2011, 12:09 am
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        So can you explain to me what Joe is saying?

        1. Doctor_Who

          08/17/2011, 12:10 am

          Head = Oral Sex. Women are lining up to provide him with Oral Sex.

          With his penis.

        2. Plasma Mongoose

          08/17/2011, 12:14 am

          I really am getting old, I cannot believe that I wasn’t able to wrap my head around the oral sex angle.

        3. Null Set

          08/17/2011, 1:43 am

          You just need to practice stretching your jaw muscles.

        4. Plasma Mongoose

          08/17/2011, 4:06 am

          That comment is sure to induce anyone’s gag reflex. :O

        5. Milosh

          08/17/2011, 1:01 am

          Wow, I had to read the comments to get that one. And I’m 19 as well, so I can’t blame age here.

        6. Aizat

          08/17/2011, 12:14 am

          Thanks, Dorothy. Thanks to your article, I’m now getting a lot of girls to do with.

  5. Aizat

    08/17/2011, 12:02 am
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    Joe, you sex maniac. Don’t explain the joke because if you explain the joke there is no joke.

    1. buttsbutts mcgee

      08/17/2011, 12:03 am
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      What if you explain the joke… with your penis?

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        08/17/2011, 12:05 am
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        Then you joke will be half-cocked.

        1. Vivvav

          08/17/2011, 12:06 am

          Clever girl.

        2. Plasma Mongoose

          08/17/2011, 12:11 am

          Thank you! I am well versed with issues involving the penis. 😀

        3. CranJKuris

          08/17/2011, 3:26 am

          I see what you did there.

    2. ProfPenguin

      08/17/2011, 1:03 am
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      Remember: A joke is like a puppy. If you take it apart, it dies!

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        08/17/2011, 1:55 am
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        Dead Puppy Humour

        1. HeartlessHealer

          08/17/2011, 3:12 am

          You’ve linked to tvtropes! You’ve doomed us all!

        2. Plasma Mongoose

          08/17/2011, 4:02 am

          The more I link to TVTropes now, the more resistant people become to archive binging when they check out a link there.

          It’s like a public service in a way.

    3. Zanosuke_Kurosaki

      08/17/2011, 2:50 am
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      Joe *is* the joke here.

  6. Alex

    08/17/2011, 12:12 am
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    Is it wrong that Joe is a hero of mine?

    1. bramble

      08/17/2011, 1:14 am
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      If it’s wrong to have Joe as a personal hero, I don’t want to be right.

  7. Ridureyu

    08/17/2011, 12:16 am
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    Joe needs to get beaten up. Severely.

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      08/17/2011, 12:21 am
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      You can always hire Mike for the job.

      1. Canvas Hat

        08/17/2011, 12:26 am
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        Because Freckles is busy.

        1. eagalian

          08/17/2011, 1:42 pm

          I’m curious, how many meme’s has DOA spawned so far?

      2. Kirby

        08/17/2011, 12:41 am
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        No no, I’d say Joyce does a fairly good job of that. ^^ Mike gets to beat lots of people up, Joyce gets the pleasure of it so rarely.

        1. Plasma Mongoose

          08/17/2011, 3:58 am

          He might get to beat up people but how often does he get PAID to do so?

        2. Fred

          08/18/2011, 9:54 am

          For a nickel?

    2. Fred

      08/17/2011, 1:09 am
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      With his own femurs. On his FAAAAAAAACEEEEEE.

    3. kagato23

      08/17/2011, 2:54 am
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      Why? He’s seen as attractive by others, who are consensually giving him their contact info. All because of his upbeat attitude in a situation that would normally impact one negatively.

      Joe needs to be hurrah’d!

  8. Plasma Mongoose

    08/17/2011, 12:17 am
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    Joe can show thanks for Daisy writing the headline by encouraging more women to show more cleavage.

    1. Ancestral Hamster

      08/17/2011, 1:57 am
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      I second the motion.

      1. Kernanator

        08/18/2011, 12:14 am
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        “Ladies, I’d love to see a chest window.”

  9. Kirby

    08/17/2011, 12:42 am
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    Did I miss what the title was, or has it not been shown yet?

    1. Aizat

      08/17/2011, 12:56 am
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      If you mean the headline that Jo mentioned, it has been shown. Here’s the link:http://www.dumbingofage.com/2011/comic/book-1/06-yesterday-was-thursday/boytoy/

      1. Kirby

        08/17/2011, 2:16 am
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        Right, yes, I remember this now.

        I need to stop commenting when I hit that crashy period before I catch my second wind… Which seems to have been granted by re-reading QC for the last hour….

        Thanks Aizat and Tristan. ^^

    2. Tristan J

      08/17/2011, 12:56 am
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      DESANTO BOY TOY SPEAKS OUT

      I had to go back and check. It doesn’t seem quite as impressive as Joe is making it out to be, but then he’s the one who’d know, I guess.

      1. Undrave

        08/17/2011, 1:46 am
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        He’s on the frontpage! That gets attention ya know.

      2. MO

        08/17/2011, 2:30 am
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        I thought he was referring to the second part of the headline:
        “It’s an open relationship, ladies,” says IU freshman

  10. Aizat

    08/17/2011, 12:52 am
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    Joe is living his dream.

    1. Undrave

      08/17/2011, 1:47 am
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      Dorothy’s nightmare!

  11. Tristan J

    08/17/2011, 12:58 am
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    On a completely different note, I love the way Willis draws the ‘Ooh!’ expression.

    1. Aizat

      08/17/2011, 1:42 am
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      Reminds me of Doraemon.

  12. Shifty

    08/17/2011, 4:44 am
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    I REALLY wanna see what his mother thinks of all this. I mean, yeah, Joe thinks being known for a sex video is the best thing ever, but I’d really laugh my ass off if his mother showed up in the dorm screaming “What the hell were you thinking you man?!”

    Meanwhile… I’m rather curious as to who would actually consider going out on a date with Joe BECAUSE he made a sex tape.

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      08/17/2011, 4:55 am
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      Joe is almost like a celebrity now, that and the inference of his sexual prowess can be appealing to a number of girls in that respect.

  13. MrGBH

    08/17/2011, 5:11 am
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    And he isn’t using a pen to write that headline.

    He’s using his penis.

    1. ryan

      08/17/2011, 8:55 am
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      his pen is writing that headline.

      1. MrGBH

        08/17/2011, 5:10 pm
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        The pen is his penis.

        1. Plasma Mongoose

          08/17/2011, 6:04 pm

          The pen is mightier than the pork sword.

  14. Zem

    08/17/2011, 6:40 am
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    Ew, fingering seems to have finally broken Joe’s hand and it’s now stuck in that position.

    Deflated thumb and the index finger with a 45 degree break…

    1. begbert2

      08/17/2011, 10:51 am
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      The index finger looks fine to me, taking into account perspective, but I agree that the back of the thumb doesn’t dimple in like that, no matter what angle you have it at.

  15. sarpiedon

    08/17/2011, 9:19 am
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    your mom’s in that line. Does he have a nickel?

    1. Zanosuke_Kurosaki

      08/18/2011, 3:08 am
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      He would, but Mike stole them just so he gets to do it himself.

  16. Amanda

    08/17/2011, 12:48 pm
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    …the reporter does so write the headline. 90% of the time I’m stuck on an article, it’s because I’m trying to come up with a catchy-but-not-cliche headline. /journalist

    1. David

      08/17/2011, 1:17 pm
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      I guess sometimes they do! In my limited experience in journalism, they didn’t. I did some Google searches to make sure I wasn’t crazy, and came up with this: http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/memo-media-critics-reporters-don039t-write-headlines-editors-do

    2. T Campbell

      08/17/2011, 3:48 pm
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      My experience lines up with David’s. This was a source of great frustration for me, because I wanted to control all aspects of my articles’ presentation. They did let me have my way on a few pieces, but it was an experiment for them.

    3. Lunchbox

      08/17/2011, 5:43 pm
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      Not always true. My aunt works at a national newspaper, and I went into work with her one day – her JOB is to write headlines. The reporters just send in the raw text, and there’s an entirely different team who pretty it up and chop it to pieces.

  17. Glooble

    08/18/2011, 10:28 am
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    My brother is a copy editor at a major newspaper – he often gets to write headlines, but never stories.

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